Who goes first?
From the publisher’s rulebook

Who goes first in River Valley Glassworks?

English Allplay multiplayer rules, four-page publisher PDF

Whoever saw a river most recently takes the first-player marker and starts.

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If there’s a tie

The cited starting-player instruction does not specify a tie-break. We don’t infer one.

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